Sun Dingbang had never expected that his mother’s tireless efforts day and night to raise Sun Shanshan would be so insignificant in her eyes. Not only did she fail to show any gratitude, but she also looked on with cold ridicule, uttering such hurtful words.
Sun Dingbang truly couldn’t hold back anymore, which is why he ended up slapping Sun Shanshan.
This was the first time he had ever struck Sun Shanshan.
Sun Shanshan was his only daughter, who, in the past, no matter what mistake she made, he would unconditionally forgive...
But his forgiveness did not bring about any conscientiousness from Sun Shanshan.
Perhaps.
She was just like Lin Guimei, utterly heartless.
Mother Sun had never seen her son so enraged, yet faced with the granddaughter she had raised from childhood, she still chose to forgive, her heart aching as she held Sun Shanshan’s hand, "Shanshan, are you alright?"
As the words fell, Mother Sun then looked toward Sun Dingbang and scolded, "Dingbang, how could you hit Shanshan like that?"
Sun Shanshan, holding her face, felt a buzzing in her head, and with a sweep of her hand, shoved Mother Sun’s hand away, "Don’t pretend to care! Get lost! All of you, get lost! I’ll say it again, I am now Lin Shanshan, and I have nothing to do with any of you, please leave immediately."
Mother Sun wasn’t prepared and was knocked to the ground.
Bang!
Sun Shanshan slammed the door shut.
Mother Sun looked at the closed door, a look of disappointment in her eyes.
She knew.
Their relationship could never be mended.
Sun Shanshan was the ungrateful wolf.
A social-climbing, ungrateful wolf!
"Sun Shanshan!" Mother Sun got up from the ground, nearly in despair she pounded on the door, "Do you have no conscience at all? Do you even know what conscience is? I’m your grandmother, for so many years I’ve scrimped and saved to pay for your education, for your piano lessons, for various classes to better your poise—I’ve worked hard to make you someone of importance. How can you be so heartless?"
Mother Sun couldn’t understand.
Sun Shanshan was just eighteen years old.
How could an eighteen-year-old be so pitiless!
Sun Dingbang took a deep breath, pulled Mother Sun, and started walking back, "Mom, let it be, let’s just assume all those years of hard work were wasted on a dog."
"Wasted on a dog?" Mother Sun, with tearful eyes, looked at Sun Dingbang, "Even a dog knows gratitude and wags its tail when it sees its master. What about her? Does she even know how to write gratitude?"
Sun Dingbang didn’t say anything.
Mother Sun stood up straight, faced the door, and shouted angrily, "Sun Shanshan, oh no, Lin Shanshan! You listen to me, from today on, you have nothing to do with the Sun Family ever again. Even if you die, we won’t spare you a glance."
When it came to the last sentence, Mother Sun was practically gritting her teeth.
She looked as if she wanted to rip Sun Shanshan apart.
The more she had adored Sun Shanshan before, the more regret she felt now!
Just as she finished speaking, the door that had been previously shut was opened again, and Sun Shanshan looked at Mother Sun, "Then you’d better remember what you said today. If we ever meet on the street, act as if we never knew each other! Whoever breaks this oath is worse than pigs and dogs!"
With that said, Sun Shanshan closed the door again.
Mother Sun wiped away her tears, her expression changing in an instant, "Dingbang, let’s go!"
Sun Dingbang didn’t say anything, just followed in the footsteps of his mother.
The car was parked outside.
Once inside, neither mother nor son spoke.
The atmosphere inside the car was somewhat oppressive.
Sun Dingbang straightened his expression, started the engine, and drove away.
It wasn’t until the car had left the community that Mother Sun finally spoke up.
"Dingbang."
"Mom." Sun Dingbang drove slowly, glancing at his mother from the corner of his eye.
Mother Sun let out a sigh first, then said, "This is all karma."
Seemingly surprised by his mother’s sudden declaration, Sun Dingbang was momentarily startled, then said, "Mom, don’t say that, blame me if you must. It’s my fault for not listening back then, causing you so much worry. If I hadn’t been so set on marrying Lin Guixiang, none of this would have come to pass."
Since the divorce, Sun Dingbang had not stopped regretting his foolish actions of the past.
But...
It was all in vain.
In this world, there’s everything but a cure for regret.
"It’s not your fault," Mother Sun shook her head, "It’s my fault, I was too domineering! I was too strict with you, wanted to control everything..."
Only today did Mother Sun realize how unlikeable she had been in the past.
Actually, Sun Shanshan was like a mirror.
Mother Sun could see her own reflection in her.
The person she once was wasn’t so different from Sun Shanshan.
Climbing up while putting others down.
She looked down on Lin Guixiang, who came from the village.
And she looked down on Lin Wu.
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